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  • Pastor J.D. Farag Was Preaching a Sermon About the End Times - Demon Manifestation

    03/28/2024 8:18:57 AM PDT · by ducttape45 · 5 replies
    Discern Report ^ | 3/28/2024 | Michael Snyder
    I have never been afraid of controversial topics, and I am going to address one today. An incredibly shocking video that has gone viral on social media has been brought to my attention, and I think that someone needs to write about what happened. I went to Google News and did a search for any news stories about this particular incident, and I found zero. Hopefully that will change, because when very strange supernatural events take place they should get attention. On Sunday, Pastor J.D. Farag was preaching a message about the end times and the Great American Eclipse of...
  • LIVE: Islamic Pakistan Flag RAISED At Westminster Abbey During Easter Week

    03/27/2024 11:18:55 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 9 replies
    Youtube ^ | 3/27/24 | Mahyar Tousi TV
    Another controverial decision by Church Of England’s Justin Welby to raise an islamic flag from Westsminster Abbey during Easter period.Westminster has fallen
  • Academic surprise: Jesus’s healings, exorcisms virtually undisputable

    03/26/2024 9:58:57 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 03/25/2024 | Gary Habermas
    An absolutely amazing feature in recent critical New Testament thought is the significant alteration that has developed regarding the scholarly attitude concerning [Jesus’ miracles]. Due to the evidential application of historical considerations to the Gospels ... critical scholars virtually across the scholarly spectrum acknowledge that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. This is not necessarily to answer the questions of what really or exactly happened on those occasions or what was the ultimate cause of the events in the sense of being from God’s hand and so on, but it is granted by scholars today that events at least...
  • hurch’s Western-Themed Easter Play Sees Cowboy Jesus Getting Shot and Then Crucified + Wild Yellow Face

    03/26/2024 7:31:12 PM PDT · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 26, 2024 | staff
    Church of the Rock in Winnipeg, led by pastor Mark Hughes, is known for its unique Easter sermons, interpreting the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord of Glory as Hollywood blockbusters, ranging from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Toy Story, Star Wars, Tombstone, Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Back to the Future, and Pirates of the Caribbean. We last covered them after they crucified Iron Man on stage, then crucified Buzz Lightyear, Simba. and then most recently Batman. A straightforward exegesis and the proclamation of the good news of the resurrection as told by the scriptures is seemingly...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Vatican again turns off lights for ‘Earth Hour’ to promote ‘respect for Our Mother Earth’

    03/25/2024 5:06:57 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 13 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | March 25, 2024 | Michael Haynes
    [Catholic Caucus] Vatican again turns off lights for ‘Earth Hour’ to promote ‘respect for Our Mother Earth’Father Enzo Fortunato, the communicators director of St. Peter’s Basilica, linked the move to Pope Francis’ encyclical on ‘climate change,’ Laudato Si’."The Vatican once again turned off its external lights for an hour this weekend to “raise awareness of respect for Our Mother Earth.”In a statement issued to journalists accredited to the Holy See late Saturday afternoon, Father Enzo Fortunato – the recently appointed director of communications for St. Peter’s Basilica – announced the darkening of the basilica that evening: On the occasion of...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Church must rethink its 'anachronistic' sexual ethic: priest

    03/24/2024 1:22:18 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 17 replies
    Union of Catholic Asian News ^ | March 23, 2024 | Justin McLellan, OSV News
    [Catholic Caucus] Church must rethink its 'anachronistic' sexual ethic: priestRonaldo Zacharias, a moral theologian, feels Catholic theology not helping people integrate sexuality into their personhood Father Ronaldo Zacharias (left) is pictured with Pope Francis while attending the International Congress of Moral Theology from May 13-14, 2022, at the VaticanThe Catholic Church's "established, dogmatic models of the theological approach to sexuality have become anachronistic," a moral theologian told a conference on sexuality and culture at the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.Developing a new theological ethics of sexuality is "a task for the entire church...
  • Today’s Assault On Bible Prophecy Takes Aim At Jesus’ Future Glory

    03/21/2024 3:12:27 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 8 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/19/24 | Jonathan Brentner
    Bible prophecy is under siege today; it’s become the target of much abuse from both fellow believers and those outside of Christ. Jan Markell’s article on Harbinger’s Dailly, We Are Under Siege Like Never Before, aptly sums up the increasing intensity of attacks on our belief in the pre-Tribulation Rapture, which often overflow to those of us who cherish this hope. Over the past few years, I have noticed an underlying current in teachings that deny what the Bible says about the Rapture, the seven-year Tribulation, and Jesus’ thousand-year reign. They greatly diminish the magnificence of Jesus’ role in end...
  • Antisemitism Is Irrational Because It Comes From Satan Himself

    03/21/2024 3:07:50 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 26 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/20/24 | Olivier Melnick
    At the root of the word antisemitism is the word “Semite,” and the Semites were the descendants of Shem, one of Noah’s three sons. Genesis 6:10 tells us, “And Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” The Semites were the ancestors of both the Jews and the Arabs. If someone is of Semitic descent, it means that they have either Jewish or Arab lineage. It is worth to note that when the word is used as the compound word, “antisemitic,” it never includes the Arabs but just the Jews. The definition that I have arrived at,...
  • Does Mankind’s Exponential Increase In Knowledge Point To Jesus’ Soon Return?

    03/21/2024 3:03:44 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 42 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/20/24 | Nathan Jones
    Daniel 12:8 KJV – “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?” The prophet Daniel had been listening intently to the angel Gabriel pronouncing a series of mind-blowing messages. God was revealing the rise and fall of great empires, leading eventually to a global empire led by a despot whom the Apostle John would later call the Antichrist, with its inevitable demise at the divine hand of God. Of course, all these great empires were still so far off in the future, from Daniel’s perspective, that he...
  • Lawmakers Work To Humanize The Victims Of Abortion In The Minds Of School Children

    03/21/2024 3:02:21 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 7 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/21/23 | Alex Newman
    In an effort to humanize the victims of abortion in the minds of young people, lawmakers in Tennessee, West Virginia, Iowa, and beyond are following in the footsteps of North Dakota with legislation to show high-quality video of unborn babies to children in government schools. Naturally, the abortion lobby is up in arms. Last week, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed the “Baby Olivia Act” requiring public schools to show videos of babies developing in the womb prior to birth. Earlier this month, the West Virginia Senate did as well. And similar legislation has already moved through a key committee...
  • [Catholic Caucus] African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’

    03/21/2024 8:49:34 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 3 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | March 20, 2024 | Jude Atemanke
    [Catholic Caucus] African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’Fiducia Supplicans, the declaration by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) permitting the blessing of same-sex couples and couples in other “irregular situations,” was perceived as “cultural colonization” in Africa, the president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) said.In a March 17 interview with the French-language Catholic television channel KTO, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo deplored the lack of “synodality” in the release of the DDF document that has evoked mixed reactions and deep division among Catholic bishops across the world since its...
  • Exploding The Myth That Islam Is An Abrahamic Religion

    03/21/2024 6:51:03 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 03//2024 | Sha'i ben-Tekoa
    The Gods of Political Correctness dictate that all religions are of equal worth; that there are “…three great Abrahamic religions,” and “The Arabs are Semites too, so they can’t be anti-Semites.” All three of these sacred cow clichés need to be slaughtered on the altar of truth. While Christianity and Islam are both offshoots of the Jews and took from them the concept of having one’s own holy writ, their self-definitions as new faith communities were radically different. The Koine Greek language narratives that Christians append to their version of the Hebrew Bible purport to be a continuation of Jewish...
  • Church ‘Crucifies’ and Resurrects 1960’s Batman for Easter Play

    03/21/2024 2:44:15 AM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 20, 2024 | staff
    Church of the Rock in Winnipeg, led by pastor Mark Hughes, is known for its unique Easter sermons, interpreting the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord of Glory as Hollywood blockbusters, ranging from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Toy Story, Star Wars, Tombstone, Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Back to the Future, and Pirates of the Caribbean. We last covered them after they crucified Iron Man on stage, then crucified Buzz Lightyear, and then crucified Simba. A straightforward exegesis and the proclamation of the good news of the resurrection as told by the scriptures is seemingly out of...
  • 'Submit to Allah': French villagers horrified by vandalism of 58 graves, church with Islamist slogans

    03/20/2024 9:31:26 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 03/20/2024 | Christian Daily International
    Villagers at a cemetery in Dordogne Department in southwest France were horrified that vandals painted Islamist slogans in French and Arabic on 58 graves, a church door, a World War I memorial and tomb art depicting the crucifixion. The defacement happened overnight in Clermont d’Excideuil between March 10 and March 11. A local church building near the cemetery had “Ramadan Mubarak” (“Blessed Ramadan”) daubed on its doors. Slogans within the cemetery included, “Submit yourselves to Allah,” “Happy Ramadan non-Muslims” and “Koufars,” meaning “unbelievers.” One of the grave slogans read, “France is already Allah’s,” according to British newspaper the Daily Mail....
  • What's the Church of England Apologizing for Now? Converting Africans to faith in Jesus is wrong and they should stick to their traditional religions

    03/19/2024 9:32:08 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/19/24 | Chris Queen
    It has only been a few weeks since I wrote about the attitude of leftists in the leadership of the Catholic Church toward African dioceses that refuse to accept the blessing of same-sex relationships. Pope Francis condescendingly believes that African church leaders will eventually bend their knees to the Pride Cult.If you think the pope is turning his back on faithful African believers, you ain’t seen nothing yet. A recommendation from a Church of England committee is ready to make the Catholic Church look like a bunch of amateurs. Forget expecting African Christians to accommodate homosexuality — how about condemning...
  • Randy Rhoads Remembered 42 Years After His Tragic Death - A Biblical Perspective

    03/19/2024 4:37:26 AM PDT · by The Ignorant Fisherman · 19 replies
    IFB ^ | 3/19/24
    Many out there in the Christian blogoshere might be wondering why I am posting on this topic? The thought that might be ringing through people's heads being, "What does Randy Rhoads have to do with biblical Christianity or prophetic events?" Well… my dear friends let me fill you in... and be a little personal. Photo by Tom .C (see below) Randy Rhoads; who was the original guitarist of Quiet Riot in the ’70s and then came to stardom and the height of notoriety as Ozzy’s… yes… Ozzy's guitarist! It is absolutely amazing how time flies. I cannot believe it has...
  • Artist Canceled From Exhibition Over Christian Views On Sexuality and Gender

    03/18/2024 7:11:41 PM PDT · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Disntr ^ | March 18, 2024 | staff
    In an incident that exhibits the growing tensions between genderqueer theory and objective morality rooted in Christian beliefs in our society, Victoria Culf, a Christian artist in Britain, has initiated legal proceedings against Watford Borough Council. This legal action follows a series of events that began with a casual conversation about transgender ideology, leading to Culf being barred from her own art exhibition and being reported to the police for alleged hate speech. According to an article in Christian Concern, this case highlights significant concerns regarding freedom of speech and the expression of religious beliefs. According to Christian Concern, Culf’s...
  • Survey: 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Losing Influence in Public Life

    03/18/2024 7:05:19 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 18, 2024 | Katherine Hamilton
    A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found. Overall, 80 percent of U.S. adults say religion’s role in American life is shrinking, “a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been,” according to the poll report. Nearly half (49 percent) say the decline of religious influence in public life is a “bad thing.” Eight percent say religious influence is “growing and this is good.” Only 6 percent say religious influence is “growing and this is bad,” and 13 percent say religious influence is “shrinking and this...
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil 3/18/24

    03/17/2024 9:04:04 PM PDT · by Kitty Mittens · 21 replies
    3/17/24 | Kitty Mittens
    Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Psalm 33:18Behold, the Lord’s Eye is upon those who Fear Him [Who Revere and Worship Him with Awe], Who Wait for Him, and Hope in His Mercy and...
  • The Day The Prophetic Clock Started Ticking

    03/17/2024 6:12:36 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 31 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 3/17/24 | Greg Laurie
    Ezekiel 37:11-12 KJV – “Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.” Ezekiel was told to preach to a bunch of people in graves—talk about a dead audience. They come alive, and God says, this...